Sound City Studios - A Drummer's Perspective

In this video we jump into Sound City Studios, the brand new plugin by Universal Audio.
Let me know in the comments section if you have experience with this plugin or if you plan on getting it.
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List of gear I frequently use:
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Interface, DAW, & Plugins:
Apollo X8P Interface
LUNA Digital Audio Workstation
Neve 1084 Preamps
Pultec EQP-1A
Capitol Chambers Reverb
UA Teletronix LA-2A
WAVES Abbey Road Studios Mastering Chain
Ampex ATR-102
Fairchild 670
SSL G-Master Buss Compressor
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List of Microphones:
Warm Audio WA-47jr
Sennheiser 421
Shure SM57 -
AKG D112
Yamaha SubKick
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List of Drums:
Tama Superstar ( Made In Japan in the early 80’s )
9x13 Tom
12x15 Tom used as a floor tom
16x18 Floor Tom
14x24 Bass Drum
6x14 Tama S.L.P. G-Bubinga Snare
6.5x14 Tama Swingstar Seamless Steel Snare (1984 Made in Japan)
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List of Cymbals:
Paiste 14” Signature Reflector Heavy Full Hi-Hats
Paiste 19” Signature Reflector Heavy Full Crash
Paiste 20” Signature Reflector Heavy Full Crash
Paiste 24” 2002 Crash used mainly as a ride
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Heads:
Remo Coated Ambassadors Top & Bottom on Toms
Remo Powerstroke 3 on the 18" Floor Tom
Remo Powertstroke 3 Batter side of bass drum
Remo Coated Ambassador Batter side of snare
Remo Ambassador Hazy on Snare Side
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Sticks:
VATER 55BB
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Pedals & Hardware:
DW 9000 Double Pedal
DW 9000 Hi-Hat Stand
DW 5000 Cymbal Stands
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Percussion:
LP Mambo Cowbell
LP Chad Smith Cowbell

[@rocketsauce5067]

It's pretty incredible the tonal variations we have access to these day's.

[@RecordingDrumsWithBrad]

Agreed!!

[@68Snaps]

Thanks for the run through. Bought the plugin yesterday and already love it. And just like you, I was horrified at first until I saw the "solo" switch was in. And I can't figure out where i'd use the re-mic either. But in a nutshell, this plugin turns my home recordings into a perfect illusion of studio recordings. Totally amazing! Can't wait for the "Sunset Studios" version. And the "Capitol Studios" and "Abbey Road"... ;-)

[@RecordingDrumsWithBrad]

I still haven't found a use for re-mic. I'm going to spend a little time with it this week and see what situation it works well with. Love the reverb section though. And yes, Sunset, Capitol, Abbey Road versions of this would be absolutely incredible!! Thanks for checking out the video! I'm releasing another one later today on preamps. :)

[@dompesceproject]

Brad the encode and air functions on the dynamics section are based on DBX tape noise reduction encoding. The air version is a modified DBX encoder. Mainly used to lift high end on vocals. Trick used by Keith Olsen who produced a lot of records at Sound City. Love the channel and keep bringing new content!

[@RecordingDrumsWithBrad]

Thank you, Dominic! That is extremely helpful to know! I'm actually mixing a vocal later this week so I will give the "air" a try and see how it sounds. :)

[@strickland306]

Love this plug in... New to me as well. I agree, lots of potential! Thanks for sharing.

[@RecordingDrumsWithBrad]

Thanks, Mark! It is pretty amazing what you can do with this plugin! I think it's going to end up on 99% of the things I do from this day on.

[@strickland306]

Yea, same here!@@RecordingDrumsWithBrad

[@kddrums85]

Loving this plugin. My room sound in my drum studio is not great but this plugin has greatly improved my drum sounds. Some of the presets in Re-Mic mode are really nice. Using the mixer to balance them for me removed the basketball effect you were describing. Because I have low ceilings I like using this plugin on my overheads in re-mic mode and choosing just the overhead 414s. Really cool! Thanks for the vids!

[@RecordingDrumsWithBrad]

Thank you, Kyle! I'll take your suggestions and give it another go with the re-mic mode. Thanks again!

[@kddrums85]

@@RecordingDrumsWithBrad off topic a bit but how do you like your WA47Jr's. I am looking to upgrade my overheads. Using some Sterling Audio pencil condensers currently.

[@docdunlop42]

I assumed the Re-Mic was meant for an individual "room" or similar tracks rather than the whole bus. Certainly works a lot better when using it that fashion.

[@RecordingDrumsWithBrad]

Thank you, I'm giving that a try first thing tomorrow. :)

[@faizaldric]

in reverb mod you can also do it for aux and re-mic mode you can't use mix knob@@RecordingDrumsWithBrad

[@maxipenna]

With this plugin, your drum track is played in the room using virtual sources. I picture it as very ideal speakers placed in the room at the position /altitude of the drum kit. Then a rev space is formed by two components: source to mic or direct path and walls reflections. So re-mic is including the source to mic sound, while reverb mode bypass it and retains only walls / early reflections.

[@RecordingDrumsWithBrad]

Thank you, appreciate your breakdown of what is happening with the two options, re-mic and reverb. Makes it a little easier to understand. :)

[@bartes101]

"I should maybe have that on for it to work..."... welcome to my mixing world on a daily (hourly ?) basis!.. LOL

[@RecordingDrumsWithBrad]

Hahaha! Yep, everyday, all day long! :)

[@sturla75]

Great! Btw, what do you use to have a screen capture with audio from the DAW and also recording your voice?

[@RecordingDrumsWithBrad]

Thank you, Sturla! I capture the screen with Quick Time Player. I capture the audio of me talking with a Rode VideoMicro 2 going into my Canon T7i. Then the audio from the session inside LUNA is sent to separate DAW, Studio One Professional 3. Then I sync and edit everything using DaVinci Resolve. It's pretty involved process that took me a long time to figure out. I will do my best to do a video on how I have everything setup. In the meantime I hope the info here helps. :)

[@user-ms8yj8if1m]

It’s similar process to the ocean way plug-in concept I prefer the reverb mode on both through an aux , the remic mode is more used on your room mic tracks to replace your room mics with emulation of the plug-in mics it’s seems on room mic track insert.Still prefer aux send in reverb mode but I have used it on dryer room tracks in remic with a distesser or 1176 after it treating it like I would for a room mic and can be useful certain situations

[@RecordingDrumsWithBrad]

Thanks for the idea of using the room mic instead of the entire kit in remic mode. That totally makes sense to me. I'll be giving that a try first thing tomorrow. :)

[@michaelgehringmusic8440]

This is a plugin that has so many applications and nuances that extend beyond drums.

[@RecordingDrumsWithBrad]

Totally agree! I just started to use it on an acoustic/vocal track. It sounds amazing!